EEOC Issues “Best Practices” Guidance for Employers

By on

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) is the federal agency charged with enforcement of federal discrimination laws such as Title VII and the ADA. Today a Task Force commissioned by the EEOC released an extensive document entitled “Best Practices of Private Sector Employers” outlining its findings and providing significant recommendations for all employers.

The 183 page document reflects the results of many individuals and companies and months of research into the inner workings of American companies both large and small. The Task Force divided its study into six major groupings: (1) recruitment and hiring practices; (2) promotion and career advancement; (3) terms and conditions; (4) termination and downsizing; (5) alternative dispute resolution and (6) other.

The Task Force noted that, in order to qualify as a “best practice”, the practice should promote equal employment opportunity and address one or more barriers that adversely impact equal employment opportunity. The practice must also involve a serious commitment from management to the EEO objectives and must involve management accountability for equal employment opportunity. The practice must essentially embrace fairness to all employees and must be implemented conscientiously and should show noteworthy results.

In attempting to obtain data from a statistically significant slice of the American workplace, the Task Force sent letters to any employer with 25,000 or more employees. In addition to numerous surveys sent to associations representing employers, employees and civil rights groups, the Task Force sent letters to each member of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce asking for input on all matters under Task force consideration.

All employers are well advised to review this detailed analysis of the types of practices this governmental agency would consider to be acceptable in the area of EEO compliance. It provides many suggestions and recommendations applicable to many businesses.

We are living in the second longest period of economic growth since World War II. If this recovery is sustained into 2019, it will be longer than run up to the dot-com boom. Confidence in the economy could lead to a renaissance in capex, which might sustain the current market cycle for longer.

Donald Trump will try and whip up his supporters next week in Charleston, WV, using the rallying cry that coal has lost its way because of unnecessary regulations. But such a pitch is destined to leave his supporters out in the cold — and still without hope.

Caspian Sea convention signed by Azerbaijan, Iran Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan on August 12 hailed as a breakthrough by some, but some analysts doubt whether it will lead to any increase in oil exploration and domestic critics say Tehran is ceding territory too easily.

Global stock markets have become so infatuated with growth stories that a fledgling company is so much more attractive than one that has been public for eight years and is saddled with huge legacy debt and the after effects of a disastrous acquisition of a company controlled by its CEO.

“I’ve repeatedly said that the two things that have made flying safer since 9/11 are reinforcing the cockpit doors and persuading passengers that they need to fight back. Everything beyond that isn’t worth it,”

We do not have to allow people to game the system by remaining uninsured until they get sick – as Obamacare does to a large extent. Nor do we have to allow people to game the system by choosing a skimpy plan while they are healthy and upgrading to a rich plan after they get […]